We’re Hiring: Grow Your Own Instructors
Rodel is seeking to hire several Grow Your Own Instructors
Position Description:
Rodel is seeking several instructors to work with high school students in an after-school setting. Through this position, the selected instructors will become certified professors with Delaware State University and deliver a dual enrollment course(s) that introduces, encourages, and empowers students to consider the field of education as their future career. The Changemaker Course is designed to center
student voice and teach students the power of individual and collective voice to lead for institutional and systemic change. In this course, the instructor and students imagine what teaching and classrooms could be versus what they have been and build skill sets to inspire these spaces.
What You’ll Do:
- Become a certified adjunct professor with DSU
- Encourage your own growth by attending online trainings and PLCs
- Inspire students by delivering a socially just and culturally responsive educator prep curriculum during after-school hours
- Center students by adapting/scaffolding the curriculum based on student needs and recommendations
- Prioritize joy by showing students what learning can be
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Masters degree preferred
- Fully certified, current or former educator with at least 5 years of classroom experience preferred
- Track record of success inspiring and empowering secondary students
- Commitment to centering work on the needs of students and educators
- Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias
- A desire to self-reflect, give and receive feedback, and continuously improve
Compensation and Benefits:
- Pay: annual stipend of $10,000
- Become an adjunct professor with DSU
When:
- Spring semester (January – April)
- 4 hours of instruction weekly (likely spread across two days)
- Biweekly PLCs required + prep time for course instruction
Where:
- In person (Delaware high schools, to be announced mid-fall)
Interested candidates please send a resume and a document with responses to questions listed below to KLopez@rodelde.org.
1. What areas of growth are you currently working on and how does this role fit in with your goals?
2. Please explain how you see this course as a way to “grow our own” and expand the teacher pipeline with diverse voices.
3. How do you help to inspire a future generation of educators? How will this course inspire a future generation of educators?
4. Describe how you incorporate culturally responsive practices in your classroom or work. Also, what professional learning have you engaged in to strengthen your competency in this area?
5. How do you center student voices, experiences, and cultures in your classroom?
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